Portable fence



(No Model.) J- GIGER.

PORTABLE FENGE.

No. 251,569. Patented Dec. 27,1881;

N. FILTERS. Phobulbognlp w. Waluiagtun. D. (l

A UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS GIGER, OF ALHAMBRA, ILLINOIS.

PORTABLE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,569, dated December27, 1881.

Application filed September 13, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS GIGER, of Alhambra, in the county of Madisonand State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Portable Fences, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

My invention consists in the hereinafter-described manner of securingthe intermediate posts of a portable fence to the ground when in use.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved fence.Fig. 2 is an end elevation of same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontalsection, taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2, of one of the posts, showingpreferred manner of securing the post and wire together to keep theformer from moving vertically and laterally. Fig. 4 is a detail enlargedside elevation of an iron post, showing my manner of securing thefence-wires thereto.

A B are the stretching-posts, which are placed in the ground in theordinary manner.

- They are placed at intervals of one hundred feet (more or less) apart.0 are the wires, and D the signal-board, of the fence.

E are the intermediate posts, of which any desired number are placedbetween the stretching-posts. The mode of attaching these posts shown inFigs. 2 and 3, and having its ends looped to receive stakes G, which aredriven into the ground, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

H is a guy-wire, secured to the post near its top and beneath thesignal-board I), in the same manner as the horizontal wire at bottom, bypassing the middle portion,f, through the perforation c, and having itsends looped and held to the ground by the stakes G. By these triangularbraces the intermediate posts are securely held from lateral or verticalmove ment, and they can be readily detached from the ground for removalot'the fence. The fen cewires are secured to these posts by staples c.

In Fig. 4 is shown a metallic post having books or catches c for holdingthe fence-wires.

The stretching-posts are not an abso nte'necessity in my fence, excepton very uneven ground,or where turns are made in the t'enee.

Having thus described my invention, the lollowing is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

The combination of post E, having perforations 0 and 6', horizontalbase-wire F, having a. double twist, looped ends on opposite sides ofthe post, and whose middle portion,f, is passed through the post,guy-wire H, having a double twist, looped ends, and whose middleportion,f, is passed through the post beneath the signal-board, and thestakes-Gr G, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

JULIUS GIGER.

Witnesses:

DANIEL GIGER, J. A. LEEF.

